Hamizan Afandi

Started in 2015 as Cadet Engineer in Palm Oil Mill at FGV Palm Industries Sdn Bhd. Served 2 Mills from 2015 until 2024 as Assistant Mill Manager/Engineer: FGVPISB Kilang Sawit Palong Timur, Segamat, Johor (Sep 2015 – Mar 2020); FGVPISB Kilang Sawit Keratong 3, Rompin, Pahang (Mar 2020 – Oct 2024). Promoted as Mill Manager in FGV Palm Industries Sdn Bhd: FGVPISB Kilang Sawit Sampadi, Kuching, Sarawak (Oct 2024 – Jan 2026); FGVPISB Kilang Sawit Selendang, Rompin, Pahang (Jan 2026 – Oct 2026).

Currently served as Assistant Mill Manager in BELL Group of Companies: BELL Palm Industries Sdn Bhd, Batu Pahat , Johor (Oct 2026 – present).

Mill Manager at FGV Palm Industries Sdn Bhd (2024-10 – 2026-10)

• Responsible for implementing and taking action to optimize Mill efficiency and process FFB effectively.
• Responsible to achieve potential OER and KER.
• Responsible for purchasing of FFB.
• Responsible for purchasing of spare parts.
• Responsible for buying good quality of Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB).
• Responsible to produce and manage by products accordingly.
• Responsible to achieve mill throughput.
• Responsible for annual budget planning
• Responsible to manage and control processing cost of the mill.
• Responsible for process control, quality of product and losses within control limit.
• Responsible for the safety of employees, machineries and others including of raw materials, products, spare parts and properties of the mill.
• Responsible to supervise & administer the operation and management of Biogas Plant (if any, depend in projects/mills).
• Responsible for mill cleanliness.
• Responsible to uphold labour standards according to National laws and international labour standards
• Responsible for ensuring that there is no use of forced labour at the mill
• Responsible for management of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, RSPO/MSPO, ISCC and others at Mill.
• Responsible to manage with regard to the internal and external affairs and crisis of the mill.
• Responsible in manpower requirement
• Responsible for career development and training of the staffs.
• Responsible to take action on audit issues (SIRIM, ADK etc.)
• Good practice of environment health & safety
• Achieved Zero accident for Kilang Sawit Sampadi (2025)
• Achieved Zero Breakdown for Kilang Sawit Sampadi (2025)
• Passed MSPO/WRO/ISCC certification with Zero NCR (2025)
• Achieved Zero FFB diversion (2025)
• Appointed as a Mill Manager Palm Oil Sampadi start 01 October 2024

Assistant Mill Manager / Mill Engineer at FGV Palm Industries Sdn Bhd (2015-09 – 2024-10)

• Responsible to achieve potential OER and KER
• Responsible to achieve mill throughput.
• Responsible for process control, quality of product and losses within control limit.
• Responsible for the safety of employees, machineries and others including of raw materials, products, spare parts and properties of the mill.
• Responsible for mill cleanliness.
• Assisting Mill Manager on daily key responsibilities, reporting, budget preparation, proposal preparations, and other management role in mill.
• Achieved high UF processing exceeding 100% Utilization Factor from May to October 2024 by receiving a diversion in February from a neighboring mill.
• UF 100%/month = process 20,000mt FFB/month.
• Achieved shell recovery rate (SRR) > 4% every month. YTD 23 May 2023 SRR 4.10% (RM831,937.15) sales.
• Achieved sludge oil sales at 0.24% YTD (RM449,260) sales
• Maintaining mill processes capacity >40mt/h every month
• Able to solve problem on high stock of EFB in mills by operate EFB shredded 100% during process, save cost on EFB disposal
• Achieved FFB processed at KS Keratong 3 247,800mt/h OER 20.17%, KER 5.08% (2022)
• Achieved shell recovery rate (SRR) 3.37% with RM2,531,586.31 sales (new record) (2022)
• Achieved total by –product sales of RM3,307,344.36 for 2022
• Achieved FFB processed at KS Keratong 3 230,030mt, OER 20.53%, KER 5.00% (2021)
• Reducing maintainance cost from RM18.22mt to RM14.48/mt in 2021
• Achieved zero breakdown from April 2021 until August 2021
• One of the OER taskforce member in POM Keratong 2 and POM Bukit Mendi on behalf of Mill Manager.
• Achieved FFB processed at POM Keratong 3 251,510/mt, OER 20.35%, KER 5.00% (2020)
• Able to maintain mill UF above 100% in POM Keratong 3 since transferred in March 2020

Assistant Mill Manager at BELL Group of Companies (2026-10 – Present)

Diploma in Mechanical Engineering – Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) (2011)

Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering (Thermal-Fluids) With Hons – Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM)